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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470002224
Alexander Elementary
3571 Sycamore St., Iowa City, IA 52240 · (319) 688-1095 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
331 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
52.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 52.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alexander Elementary
Alexander Elementary's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Elementary this school | 436 | 75.9% | 52.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Davenport | 384 | 71.1% | 24.2% |
| Van Buren Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 429 | 83.7% | 43.7% |
| Madison Elementary School Davenport | 318 | 80.5% | 27.8% |
| Lowell Elementary School Waterloo | 538 | 77.9% | 51.0% |
| Cedar River Academy at Taylor Cedar Rapids | 355 | 76.1% | 37.0% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alexander Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #491 of 564 | #25 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #504 of 564 ▲ 8 | #24 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #489 of 564 ▼ 49 | #26 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #172 of 705 | #7 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #59 of 561 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #53 of 561 | #2 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #56 of 666 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #319 of 359 | #19 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
436
+109 (+33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 436 | 38.3 | 11.4:1 | 76% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 28.8 | 12.6:1 | 71% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 30.9 | 11.2:1 | 68% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 58% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | N/A | N/A | 69% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 44 | 8.2:1 | 71% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alexander Elementary.
About Alexander Elementary
Alexander Elementary is an elementary school in Iowa City, Iowa, according to federal school records. It reports enrollment of 436 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Iowa enroll around 325, and this school is 34% larger than that mark.
The Iowa City Comm School District system has 29 schools and 15,111 students.
At Alexander Elementary, Black students make up the biggest share, 39%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 22% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County residents are about 8% Black. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Alexander Elementary are from different groups.
Teacher count: 38.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.4:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is 2.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Johnson County is 39 points.
Alexander Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of Iowa public elementary schools.
In Iowa, Alexander Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.2% actual against a predicted 54.0%.
Johnson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,935, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 43 public schools in the county, enrolling about 20,019, Alexander Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, Grant Wood Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Alexander Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Alexander Elementary is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Alexander Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 33% across 4 years, from 327 in 2020-21 to 436 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Alexander Elementary, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Other Alexander Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 13 states are named Alexander Elementary. Alexander Elementary is the 7th largest of the 13.
- Alexander Elementary SchoolAlbany, OH · 669 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 609 students
- ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 579 students
- Alexander ElementaryGreenville, SC · 494 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolADRIAN, MI · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Grant Wood Elementary School0.9 mi · 306
- Mark Twain Elementary1.5 mi · 213
- Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School1.6 mi · 180
- Southeast Middle School1.8 mi · 1,269
- Longfellow Elementary School2.2 mi · 325
- Robert Lucas Elementary School2.3 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Alexander ElementaryHow many students attend Alexander Elementary?
Alexander Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-05.
Is Alexander Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alexander Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Alexander Elementary have?
Alexander Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alexander Elementary?
At Alexander Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 32% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Alexander Elementary public or private?
Alexander Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.